Holder for nursing-bottles.



G. STARBARD.

HOLDER FOB. NURSING BO TTLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1909.

Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

CLINTON STABBARD, F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOLDER FOR NURSING-BOTTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 27, 1909.: Serial No. 498,59.

To all 20. mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLINTON STARBARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at orr-ester, in the county of W'Vorcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIIolders for Nursing-Bottles; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to a holder or support for nursing bottles andhas for its object to provide a support of this kind comprising anadjustable member adapted to receive the bottle and whereby the bottlemay be tilted at the proper angle to suit the child.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for checking thebackward movement of the bottle when the nipple is released by the childso that the contents thereof will not be spilled.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the'invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theholder with the clamping loop in a forwardly inclined position; Fig. 2is a plan view with the clamping loop in its extreme rearwardly inclinedposition; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device with the clampingloop in the position indicated in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of theinvention, 1 inclicates a support or stand which comprises a base havingside and end pieces 2 and 3, respectively, and vertical side frames 4'of approximately V-shaped form, provided at their upper ends withbearing eyes 5. The support also comprises the diagonally disposed bracebar 6 which extends between two of the diagonally disposed verticalpieces of the side frames 4, and which adds strength and rigidity to thedevice. The support or stand 1 is formed from a single piece of wirebent into the required form.

The numeral 7 indicates the bottle clamping member which is bent or madefrom a single piece of wire and comprises a loop 8 provided at oppositeends with the lateral extensions 9 which are mounted in the bearing eyes5 of the support and having a free side which may be bent to accommodatethe loop to bottles of various sizes. One end of the wire forming theclamping loop is bent to form a lateral arm 11 having its outer terminalbent to form an inwardly extending extension 12 which engages the sidepiece 13 of the adjacent side frame 4 when the clamping loop is in theposition indicated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

In practice, the bottle is placed in the clamping loop and may be tiltedforward at the proper inclination to suit the child. hen the nipple isreleased by the child, the bottle clamping loop swings rearwardly untilthe extension 12 of the arm 11 engages the side piece 13 which checksany further backward movement of the bottle. The bottle then swingsforwardly until in approximately vertical position where it remains.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as defined in theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a support constructed froma single piece of wire and comprising vertical side pieces provided attheir upper ends with bearing eyes, a bottle clamping loop pivotallymounted in the bearing eyes of said side pieces and adapted to swingforwardly to permit the bottle to be adjusted at the proper forwardinclination, and a lateral arm provided with an inwardly extendingextension adapted to engage one of the side pieces of the support andlimit the backward lswinging movement of the bottle clamping 2 A deviceof the class described comprising a support constructed from a singlepiece of wire and comprising a base and vertical V-shaped side pieceshaving their upper ends bent to form bearing eyes, a bottle clampingloop having one side free for adjustment and lateral extensions atopposite ends adapted to turn in the bearing eyes of Patented Aug. 2a,1909.

the side frames, and a rearwardly extending In testimony whereof I havehel eunto set arm at one side of the bottle clamping 100p my hand 1npresence of two subscribing witprovided with an inwardly extendingexnesses.

tension adapted to engage the rear side piece CLINTON STARBARD. 5 of theadjacent side frame of the support and Witnesses:

limit the backward swinging movement of JOHN TAYLOR,

the loop. JAMES F. RYAN.

